Another participant, however, said he thought the meeting was a politically motivated effort to "assuage concerns" of potential campaign donors in the entertainment industry.

"I have a sense that behind all that drive and all that ambition, there is a morally motivated effort to do something in American society," he said.

But his aides called the Assembly report a politically motivated effort to help Mr. Faso, who is running for state Comptroller next year.

The report, based on a three-month investigation, found the government's decision was a predetermined and politically motivated effort to silence critical coverage.

Chalabi maintains that his prosecution was a politically motivated effort to discredit him.

This motivated efforts to produce radio frequency oscillations that decayed more slowly.

But many ordinary Japanese wondered if the investigation was not a politically motivated effort to chasten an upstart for challenging the establishment.

The company says it is the victim of a politically motivated effort to take away its business.

But in spite of the clearly racially motivated efforts, and through some self-taught legal gymnastics of his own, Willis prevailed.